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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daud Yordan (ranked 4396 p4p, 23943 weight class) and Erica Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Eve - Who's That Girl. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daud Yordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erica Santana!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yordan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yordan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yordan stops a takedown attempt from Santana.
Yordan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yordan breaks the clinch.
Yordan swats away the attempt to clinch by Santana.
Santana works over Yordan's head and body with a nice combination.
Yordan looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
Yordan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santana tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santana takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yordan misses with a hook.
Santana looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yordan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yordan looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
Santana tries to bum rush Yordan with a series of wild strikes but Yordan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santana slips a jab from Yordan.
Yordan misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santana.
Daud Yordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erica Santana.
Yordan loads up on a big right hand but Santana slips the punch.
Yordan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santana.
Santana dives in for a single leg takedown but Yordan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Santana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yordan throws out a loose jab but Santana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santana shoots in and gets a takedown into Yordan's guard.
Yordan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santana is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yordan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santana on the ground.
Yordan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Yordan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santana is working Yordan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Santana lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yordan wants to stand but Santana is controlling the position.
Santana has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santana landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yordan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Santana is controlling him.
Santana lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santana postures up and lands a big shot to Yordan's brow.
Santana landing some decent shots from guard.
Yordan wants to sweep but no luck.
Santana lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Yordan is rocked!
Santana makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oh Yordan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santana postures up and lands a big shot to Yordan's brow.
Yordan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Santana scoring with some ground and pound.
Santana content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santana keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yordan's head.
Santana is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Santana with a nice head shot there.
Santana lands a couple of elbows.
Santana chips away with some ground and pound.
Yordan wants to stand up but Santana is controlling him.
Yordan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Yordan is trying to keep Santana in close.
Santana landing with the ground and pound.
Santana scoring with some ground and pound.
Santana connects with a couple of short punches.
Santana with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Santana is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Yordan wants to stand up but Santana is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Yordan's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Erica Santana!
After the fight, Erica Santana was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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